John Smith Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Yahoo News is reporting that Brad Delp lead singer of Boston was found dead today he was 55. Lead singer of the band Boston dies 03/09/2007 11:57 PM, AP Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55. Atkinson police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Delp dead. Lt. William Baldwin said in a news release that there was no indication of foul play. "There was nothing disrupted in the house. He was a fairly healthy person from what we're able to ascertain," Police Chief Philip Consentino told WMUR-TV. Delp apparently was alone at the time, Baldwin said. The cause of death remained under investigation. Police said an incident report would not be available until Monday. Delp sang on Boston's 1976 hits "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." He also sang on Boston's most recent album, "Corporate America," released in 2002. He joined the band in the early 1970s after meeting Tom Scholz, an MIT student interested in experimental methods of recording music, according to the group's official Web site. The band enjoyed its greatest success and influence during its first decade. The band's last appearance was in November 2006 at Boston's Symphony Hall. On Friday night, the Web site was taken down and replaced with the statement: "We just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll." A call to the Swampscott, Mass., home of Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau was not immediately returned Friday night. ___ Whether you like Boston or not, they were a breath of fresh air back when they first came out. They were definately a part of the musical landscape I grew up with. Boston, Kiss, Queen, Zep, Skynerd, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles etc... It Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 the article i read said he was 65, hmm... that's too bad. dude had an absolutely amazing voice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danelectro Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Bummer, RIP Brad. I still love the first two Boston albums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 sad, high school was all about that first Boston record RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Not a Boston fan so much, but I saw him play with his Beatles cover band (BeatleJuice) a couple of years back, which was a blast. His voice was still killer diller. And he hung out, sitting, talking to people between sets, signing a couple of autographs. Struck me as a nice guy, like the Web site states. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I looked out this morning and the sun was goneTurned on some music to start my dayI lost myself in a familiar songI closed my eyes and I slipped away Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)till I see marianne walk awayI see my marianne walkin away So many people have come and goneTheir faces fade as the years go byYet I still recall as I wander onAs clear as the sun in the summer sky Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)till I see marianne walk awayI see my marianne walkin away When Im tired and thinking coldI hide in my music, forget the dayAnd dream of a girl I used to knowI closed my eyes and she slipped awayShe slipped awa y. she slipped away. Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)till I see marianne walk awayI see my marianne walkin away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I confess that I really enjoy Boston--first album at least--and was quite bummed to hear this news yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Family: Delp's death was suicide By KATHARINE WEBSTER, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago CONCORD, N.H. - The family of Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, said his death was a suicide. "He was a man who gave all he had to give to everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans or strangers," the family said in a statement relayed by police Wednesday. "He gave as long as he could, as best he could, and he was very tired. We take comfort in knowing that he is now, at last, at peace." Delp, 55, died Friday at his Atkinson home. Fiancee Pamela Sullivan found him. Toxicology tests by the state medical examiner's office showed that Delp committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, said Lt. William Baldwin. Delp also left two notes taped to a door and letters to his family and Sullivan. Baldwin said police do not know the contents of the letters. The family's statement said Sullivan, Delp's children and their mother, Delp's ex-wife Micki Delp, were grateful for the sympathy they had received. Brad Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits, "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." Delp had planned to marry Sullivan this summer during a break in a tour with Boston. A lifelong Beatles fan, Delp also played with a tribute band, Beatle Juice. Beatle Juice performed a benefit last year to help build a new public library in Atkinson, a small town of about 6,000 residents on the Massachusetts border. The family said last week it planned a private funeral followed by a public memorial to be scheduled later. (An earlier story mistakenly said Micki Delp was Delp's mother.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Fuck, that's a drag. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Fuck, that's a drag. x2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 wow, two recent celebrity suicides ... him and Richard Jeni, the comedian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhh4321 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 wow, two recent celebrity suicides ... him and Richard Jeni, the comedian. Wow i had no idea Richard Jeni commited suicide. I saw his comedy central special on tv yesterday. He was hilarious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Wed Mar 14, 5:52 PM ET CONCORD, N.H. - The family of Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, said his death was a suicide. "He was a man who gave all he had to give to everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans or strangers," the family said in a statement relayed by police Wednesday. "He gave as long as he could, as best he could, and he was very tired. We take comfort in knowing that he is now, at last, at peace." Delp, 55, died Friday at his Atkinson home. Toxicology tests by the state medical examiner's office showed that Delp committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, said Lt. William Baldwin. Police said Delp had sealed himself inside a bathroom with two charcoal grills sometime between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday afternoon, when he was found by fiancee Pamela Sullivan.Delp also left two notes taped to a door and letters to his family and Sullivan. Baldwin said police do not know the contents of the letters. The family's statement said Sullivan, Delp's children and their mother, Delp's ex-wife Micki Delp, were grateful for the sympathy they had received. Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits, "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." He had planned to marry Sullivan this summer during a break in a tour with Boston. A lifelong Beatles fan, Delp also played with the tribute band Beatle Juice. Beatle Juice performed a benefit last year to help build a new public library in Atkinson, a small town of about 6,000 residents on the Massachusetts border. The family said last week it planned a private funeral followed by a public memorial to be scheduled later. It's sad that this will become material for jokes in the future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 It's sad that this will become material for jokes in the future.were there any steaks on the grill?....lobster...? i heard some of the jim rome show at lunch today and those twins from the espn cheap seats show were guest hosting. they had a bit about the lead singer of boston being killed by the band kansas. a rival geographically named classic rock band because boston had hijacked their song "dust in the wind". turns out the "caller" making the claim had illegally downloaded the song and it was mislabeled making him think it was a version by boston and not kansas and then he concocted this conspiracy theory. i'm now realizing this was not funny enough to waste my time typing this...but now it's too late...oh well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Boston To Wrap New Album After Summer TourBostonMay 02, 2008, 2:05 PM ETGary Graff, Detroit Boston leader Tom Scholz tells Billboard.com he hopes to finish recording the band's next studio album after its summer tour and have it out "just after the first of the year." Scholz says the album -- Boston's first since 2002's "Corporate America" -- is a mix of "really straightforward rock 'n' roll songs and some things that are pretty esoteric. "When I first started," he continues, "I was doing music that had pretty simple themes. Then as I got into 'Third Stage' and 'Walk On' I got a little more technical and a little more involved, more complicated. In this one I'm trying to do both." The new album will also include several songs from "Corporate America" that Scholz is remixing, rearranging and, in some cases, completely re-recording -- including the title track, "You Gave Up on Love" and "Someone." "'Corporate America' was a really poor seller," Scholz acknowledges. "Very few people have heard it. I'd like to give some of these songs another chance to be heard." Brad Delp, whose 2007 suicide "completely derailed" Scholz, appears on a couple of tracks on the new album. Scholz says he felt "very weird" about playing Boston music without Delp at a tribute show last August, but has grown more comfortable with the idea during rehearsals for the summer tour with former Stryper singer Michael Sweet and Tommy DeCarlo, a fan Scholz discovered via a Delp tribute DeCarlo posted to YouTube. "Brad was the most amazing musician [and] singer I've ever known. There's nobody on the face of this Earth that could replace him and do what he did," Scholz says. "But I have to say that these two guys, Michael and Tommy, do a really impressive job of performing these songs live. "So it seemed wrong not to take it back out, and there were an awful lot of people out there that don't want to hear Boston go away," he adds. Boston's tour kicks off June 6 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Scholz has prepared a revised version of the group's "Greatest Hits" album to coincide with the tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I caught the "New" Boston with that cat from Stryper playing on that Station benefit on VH1. They were OK. Tesla however were not OK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I caught the "New" Boston with that cat from Stryper playing on that Station benefit on VH1. They were OK. Tesla however were not OK. I wonder what became of that dude who replaced Brad when he left several years ago. Third Stage still has some of the neatest liner notes that I have ever read - I bought it just for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Third Stage still has some of the neatest liner notes that I have ever read - I bought it just for that.What's going on there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 What's going on there? Third Stage liner notes Other Boston liner notes - original Other Boston liner notes - the re-masters I just like to read stuff - probably goes back to the records albums I use to get with posters and whatnot in them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Boston Needed Lead Singer, Found One OnlinePlucked From Obscurity, Man Joins Favorite Band After Karaoke Wows Founder "Even at the tribute, I heard a few people say it was a little eerie to hear Tommy sing, because it sounded like Brad up there," Scholz said. Tommy DeCarlo performs with the legendary rock band Boston after being plucked from obscurity to be the group's new lead singer. "My hope is to carry on what Brad meant," DeCarlo said. DeCarlo and the rest of Boston will begin their summer tour on June 6, 2008, in Thunber Bay, Ontario, Canada. And the keyboard that DeCarlo sold two years ago, trying to make ends meet? Yamaha is endorcing DeCarlo and shipping him a brand-new synthesizer. He is scheduled to receive it the day before he and the band leave for their tour. Boston got lucky finding "somebody who is good at something, who loved it and all of a sudden, all the connections got made," Boston founder Scholz said. He added: "Thank God!" For DeCarlo, his ultimate "dream job" has become an unbelievable reality. "A lot of folks have said, 'Wow! You're living a dream.'" DeCarlo laughed, "I've never dreamed this big. ... Never in a million years I thought this could happen." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borracho Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 i love that movie. seriously. "we're a tribute band!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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